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Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 31575

This procedure passes a thin, flexible scope through the nose or mouth to directly view the voice box, examining it for signs of inflammation, growths, or abnormal movement of the vocal cords. It is a diagnostic look rather than a treatment procedure.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Diagnostic Voice Box Scope Exam cost?

$174

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $174 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $123 from a physician practice, and about $676 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$123$95.50 to $174
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$676$309 to $1,698

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $676 · 10th to 90th $138 to $3,467Professionalmedian $123 · 10th to 90th $72 to $257
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $676professional $123

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,630.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$436.52
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$117.49
Typical High
$147.91
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$302.00
Typical High
$457.09
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$194.98
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$74.13
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$218.78
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,258.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$204.17

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 4.4 times more in Wisconsin than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Louisiana· 17th of 51

$174

WI $398RI $91.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.